2022.2

Connect version numbering changed
Wehavechangedtheversionnumberingsystem.Fromhereonin,theversionwillbeyearbased,with
thesecondnumbershowingthemajorreleaseandsubsequentnumbersshowingminorreleases.The
intentionistohavetwomajorreleasesayear,withminorreleasesinbetweentoaddressspecificcus-
tomerissues.
2018.1isthefirstofthetwoplannedmajorreleasesfor2018.Thesecondwillhavetheversionnumber
2018.2.Anyminorreleasesbetweenthetwomajorreleaseswillbelabelled2018.1.n,where"n"isa
numericcounter.Thusthefirstminorreleasewouldbe2018.1.1andthesecondwouldbe2018.1.2,
andsoforth.(SHARED-60069)
Windows Server 2016 now officially supported
AsofPrintShopMailConnect2018.1,ConnectisnowofficiallysupportedunderWindowsServer2016.
NOTE:TheUplandObjectifLuneUpdate Clientapplicationmightbeblockedbyenhancedsecurityset-
tingsinWindowsServer2016.Tofixthis,addhttp://updates.ca.objectiflune.comtothelistoftrusted
websitesonthatmachine,orlowertheinternetaccessrules.
Improved Previews
ThePreviewnowsmoothstext,imagesandlineartwhenrasterizingapage.Thisimprovesthequality
oftheresultingimage,especiallywhenrasterizingapagewithlowerresolutions.(SHARED-59724)
Localization improvements
ImprovedlocalizationandtranslationsthroughoutPrintShopMailConnect.
Improved Data handling:
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Improvementstotheinternalhandlingofdatafieldnamestosupportdatafieldsthatdonotcon-
formtoastandardSQLquerysyntax.Thismeansthatfieldswithcharacterssuchas#,$,%and
^cannowbeprocessed.(SHARED-59126)
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PerformanceimprovementsmadetotheConnectMySQLback-enddatabase,throughchanges
madetointernaldatabaseindexing.(SHARED-59393)
Improved support for Microsoft SQLServer back-end
AnumberofenhancementshavebeenmadetoimprovetheperformanceandsupportforMicrosoft
SQLServer(MS-SQL)astheConnectback-enddatabase.Theseinclude:
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